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ReviewLinux.Com: Xandros 4 and Codeweavers Crossover Office
Overview:
Installing Microsoft's Word on Xandros 4 Home Edition - Premium with Codeweavers Crossover Office. Still using Word but want the security of Linux? Get Xandros 4 bundled with Codeweavers Crossover Office and all you problems will be solved.
Installing Microsoft's Word 2000 (tm) on Xandros 4 Home Edition - Premium with Codeweaver's CrossOver Office
Before I switched to Linux full time I was always having a dual boot
system. When I needed to be in Windows(tm) to run my favorite Word
Processor it was the usual save everything in Linux and reboot to
Windows (tm) and bring up the Word Application. Probably everyone
reading this review has done this or at least has had a dual boot
system so they can go back into Windows (tm) and run their favorite
apps.
Well Xandros for sometime has been teaming up with CodeWeaver's
CrossOver Office that allows Xandros to run Windows (tm) applications
while still running Linux. No need to reboot to Windows (tm) and start
up some of your favorite apps. Codeweaver has a long list of tested
applications and follow this link www.codeweavers.com to see what Windows(tm) products are compatible with CrossOver Office.
We are going to show you through screenshots and bieif descriptions
just how easy it is to run CrossOver Office to install a version of
Microsoft's Office 2000 (tm). We are only going to install Word (tm)
for this review but other parts are able to be installed.
  
The above images are pretty straight forward as you start the CrossOver
Office program from the menu. You are then given a list of alot of
standard Windows(tm) apps that you may want to install on your Xandros
Home Edition system
  
Once you tell CrossOver Office where to find your Microsoft (tm)
appliaction the install process will start to begin with the usual
Microsoft (tm) menuing system. Enter in your name and registration
info just as if you were in Windows (tm)
  
In our review we choose only to install Microsoft's Word (tm) onto our
Xandros 4 Home Edition - Premium. This process didnt take long at all.
  
Once the application has been installed CrossOver Office does a
simulated reboot to add the program icons to the Xandros menuing
system. With minutes we installed Microsoft's Word (tm) onto our
system.
Conclusions:
Xandros is really bringing itself into the fore front of Linux
Distributions by bundling key programs like CrossOver Office with it's
Linux OS. Xandros's marketing team know that the easier it is for
Windows (tm) users to still have a couple of apps to run in Linux the
more their OS will become know as the true user friendly Linux OS.
If you have to run Windows (tm) apps in Linux then give Xandros and Crossover Office a try.
M Perks
Webmaster - ReviewLinux.Com
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